We’ve been following an “ask and you shall receive” protocol this fantasy baseball preseason. You ask, and we do our best to deliver on that request. We had always planned on running a series of mock drafts this spring, but the fact that this latest mock exercise was based on a head-to-head, points-based league is simply heeding the call of many readers who wanted analysis around points-based formats.

Like our draft in early February, this latest mock was for a 12-team setup, with 11 fantasy baseball experts (seven from The Athletic and four friends of the family) participating in the selection process. And like before, we left a spot open for an Auto-Draft squad, simulating the very often occurrence of a league owner encountering 11th-hour difficulties that made being a live draft participant not possible. Full disclosure, we did have a 12th owner signed up, and he (who shall not be named, but his last name rhymes with “Oreo” and he is...